Tread carefully, Mr Obama. You need big oil

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If the fallout from the Gulf oil spill forces Americans off the roads, we’ll tip back into recession

The Obama White House is taking a tough line on big oil. At least, that is how
it appeared as pictures of the first oil-soaked birds in the Gulf of Mexico
filled TV screens. Ken Salazar, the US Interior Secretary, said he would
“keep the boot on the neck of BP” over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. But
he needs to be careful. If he treads too hard, his other boot will land on
the neck of Joe Plumber and every American who objects to $3 gasoline.